The Recent Premiere of the "Gainax" Film

This past Friday, April 6, 2012 I had the honor of premiering the film Gainaxxx to a crowd of about 50 at the Middle Tennessee Anime Convention. 


The film has been in production since August of 2011 by AMV Tributes and has been one heck of a ride. There was plenty of work that went into this by a good seven people. All the work that went to the film culminated in an early afternoon premiere. 


Set for a 1:30 PM premiere, the film had quite an early showing for the convention so there was a bit of a rush. I was not entirely sure we were going to get the film to the tech people in time.


I had met up with one of the main editors of the film who goes by the name Evilest Death. He had been the first person who brought up the idea for this tribute to Gainax. Upon hearing the idea, I was dead set on helping.


As the line started to form outside of the room the film was premiering at, I cannot stress how much anticipation I was feeling. This was something that we had been working on for almost a full year and here was a line of people standing outside actually wanting to see it. As the lights went out for the film there was actually cheering and once the intro began I could tell that people were going to enjoy it.


While the film was playing there were tons of reactions from people. There were laughs throughout, with some gasps at moments, and even people walking out. The latter group of people were mainly families with younger children so it was negligible. 


Once the credits started and we were greeted to a round of applause I knew that we had created something truly great. The film was still rough around the edges, but the positive reaction gave me one of the greatest feeling I had ever experienced. 


In the end, the premiere of this film was exciting, while a bit nerve wrecking. We were a bit rushed towards the end, but overall it was a very satisfying experience and I look forward to making more of these films in the future. 


For a bit more entertainment you can watch some of the smaller videos I have made here.